and stifle competitors in its marketplace so joining me now to just the latest is legal analyst molly barrows contributor to america's lawyer now molly what are the specific goals of this new campaign against big tech and how do they plan to get it done well i think they really plan to put a lot of pressure on lawmakers rachel they feel like now is a good time to go ahead and pursue this for probably a number of reasons but certainly in light of congress coming forward with recent investigations and saying hey we think that these trust regulations do need to be beefed up and so they're riding that wave and saying hey put your money where your mouth is let's see some real change with litigation and legislation rather when it comes to stopping amazon from the stranglehold that they say that they've got over small businesses and so this group is made up of booksellers grocers a lot of small businesses that feel like they're being squeezed out of the competitive market by e-commerce giants like amazon and they specifically are targeting amazon and this particular campaign saying hey you've got a

years and it's marketplace so joining me now just the latest is legal analyst molly barrows contributor to america's lawyer now molly what are the specific goals of this new campaign against big tech and how do they plan to get it done well i think they really plan to put a lot of pressure on lawmakers rachel they feel like now is a good time to go ahead and pursue this for probably a number of reasons but certainly in light of congress coming forth with recent investigations and saying hey we think that these antitrust regulations do need to be beefed up and so they're riding that wave and saying hey put your money where your mouth is let's see some real change with litigation and legislation rather when it comes to stopping amazon from the stranglehold that they say that they've got over small businesses and so this group is made up of booksellers grocers a lot of small businesses that feel like they're being squeezed out of the competitive market by e-commerce giants like amazon and they specifically are targeting amazon and this particular campaign saying hey you've got a diverse so

labor union in the southern state could have big implications across the country legal analyst molly barrows contributor with american lawyers here now with more on what's at stake molly what do you know supporters actually hope to accomplish at this a passivity well obviously the union the retail wholesale and department store union brant says if these workers will just join them they're going to push for better working conditions better pay more respect and if they succeed this will actually be the 1st amazon workplace to actually unionize so that's a big deal as you know supporters and amazon know what's at stake amazon employees gosh almost a 1000000 people form part time just in america alone and much more if you count worldwide so if this passes in alabama other facilities obviously could be considering doing the same thing that's why you've seen so much press reporting about it on both sides they've been pushing their p.r. message to sway the 6000 or so workers at this warehouse in bessemer alabama and amazon of course arguing against any allegations that their workers aren't getting